Blue Mountain Ham Radio AllStar Remote Base installation

Here we head up the mountian to install the UHF remote base, VHF remote base, and UHF repeater all running the AllStar link system!
73
Skyler Fennell
KD0WHB

[@JDtheEE]

Congratulations on winning the young ham of the year award!

[@s_android]

This guy reminds me of Matthew Broderick's character in War Games.
"Want to play a game?"

[@staceysnell3617]

hi hey listen i was up there yesterday april 6 2020 and i tell you ir was dead up there it look like a ghost twon i take off i got my ham stuff and left.

[@N0SSC]

oh hey! I just discovered your UA-cam channel, really awesome! Shocked I've not seen it til now. I did all this with W0EEEs D-Star repeater minus the wireless internet link...literally 8 hours in a hot elevator penthouse, really builds character haha. Learned more Linux than I thought I would. I do need to check out Allstar. also congrats on YHOTY!

[@giovannivincent6599]

do you have a diagram or can you explain how you wired in the remote base? trying to configure a uhf remote to my vhf allstar node, 73's KC1AJR, allstar # 40957

[@larryjackson6064]

Great work ! We fixed our roof on our repeater over Father's Day 2018 ! 73 DE KK4SPW

[@wvbeekeepers]

If not done so already you might need a new roof. Russ KE8DMB

[@w8fg]

Skyler, have you documented this remote base configuration? I am very curious how the controller speaks to the Motorola rigs! If you have any other pics or documentation I would love to read over it so I can learn something before setting out to put remote base facilities back on our system my friend and I are refurbishing. We got a new Link Comm controller and of course it doesnt support our old FC-900 interface and Icom modules. When we ran an ACC controller we had VHF/UHF fully agile remotes, could change any setting via DTMF, 3 steps forward 4 steps back! 73 de Seth - W8FG

[@SkylerF]

Thanks for watching! The other video I put up before this has information on more details. I did not use a traditional repeater controller. There is no way making it work with any controller I know of out there. The remote base is entirely controlled by a raspberry pi and uses AllStar link. I had to write custom scripts for the whole thing. Watch this video and let me know what other questions you have, I would be glad to help ua-cam.com/video/ZY9pfy5F4hw/v-deo.html

[@Mbit100]

nice GE Mastr II i have a small mobile repeater i wanna get allstar up and running on

[@JackPaylor]

Don't leave that radio on the airbag while driving. If the airbag deploys it will send the radio in your face at 200MPH

[@SkylerF]

I don't! Just placed it there to give the demo, haven't mounted the radio yet

[@JackPaylor]

+Skyler F Just checking ;)

[@pratwurschtgulasch6662]

i can download an app on my phone that will do the same thing than this ancient equipment

[@SkylerF]

Yes you can but this stuff has taught me great education that applies to the newer electronics and has gotten my foot in the door for many interns and jobs. I’m not in the hobby for using it, I’m in it to learn.

[@pratwurschtgulasch6662]

@@SkylerF right on! i was actually just kidding too because a phone can't do that. i used to live in manitou springs, your video makes me miss colorado.

[@DJ_Megahertz]

Nice job Skyler. Where is Blue Mountain? I also have a node and repeater in Woodland Park

[@SkylerF]

Thanks! I've talked to Brian KC8HPS, a friend of yours who told me about your node in woodland park. Blue Mountain is west of Golden

[@CHS1997]

You should have just used UHF link radios from your VHF and UHF repeaters back to a central location. That is a lot easier than having everything at a site.

[@SkylerF]

That would've been much harder tbh, I'd have to have control channels for sending DTMF to steer the remote base, I would also have to have a central location. I would also have to have filtering so the UHF link radio deos not interfere with any channnel on the VHF/ UHF remote base, and also need to get a link frequency coordinated in the busy front range of colorado where all the freqs are used up.

[@CHS1997]

@@SkylerF I'm using a 444MHz tx for the repeater and my UHF link is at 441MHz. No filtering required. Plus I'm using a Motorola Quantar for a repeater

[@SkylerF]

@@CHS1997 Im not sure how that would apply in my situation, I would need a pair of link frequencies for gerrys repeater, another link frequency for VHF remote base, another for my UHF remote base, and one more for 6 meters. So that would be a minimum of 5 link frequenices... Free internet from Mountain Broadband definately is much more economical and easy than putting all these links together. Did you even watch the other video when I built the whole thing?

[@CHS1997]

@@SkylerF a link frequency is simplex. We use the same link frequency for both repeaters. It's like simulcast.

[@kd5you1]

@@SkylerF Link frequencies should be above 222.15 MHz. This can be found in the FCC Part 97 rules at [97.3(a)(7)]. It would be nice if there was more equipment for 222MHz but there isn't much of a market for that band.

[@JackPaylor]

Awesome video!
deW5NIO

[@karlament6939]

cross banding lol